Sri Lankan cricket team arrived in Karachi on Tuesday evening to play a series of three ODIs and three T20Is against Pakistan. The visitors were welcomed at the airport by Director International Cricket Operations, Zakir Khan, and other officials of the Pakistan Cricket Board.  The visiting players were taken to a state lounge after disembarking the aircraft. Officials of Sri ...

In its bid to bring international cricket back to Pakistan, the PCB has been spending substantially on players and boards over the years. Whenever international or PSL games have been played in the country since 2015, the PCB has spent millions of dollars to make some headway towards changing perceptions of visiting teams. Now, though, the PCB chairman Ehsan Mani ...

Lahore:The President Pakistan Hockey Federation, Brig. (Retd) Muhammad Khalid Sajjad Khokhar has appointed former great Olympian Muhammad Shahnaz Sheikh as official Spokesperson of Pakistan Hockey Federation. Shahnaz Sheikh played between 1969 and 1978. He was capped 68 times and scored 45 goals for the Pakistan National Hockey Team. He won Silver medal in 1972 and Bronze in 1976 Olympics. Shahnaz ...

Lahore:The second phase of training camp of national senior probables preparing for participation in the Olympic Qualifier to be held in Amsterdam on 26th & 27th October 2019 will be established at National Hockey Stadium, Lahore on 25th September 2019. Following probable players are directed to report to Khawaja Muhammad Junaid, Head Coach/Camp Commandant at National Hockey Stadium Lahore on ...

Karachi: The 5thChief of the Naval Staff Open Shooting Championship 2019 commenced today at Pakistan Navy Shooting Range, PNS BAHADUR at Karachi. Almost 400 shooters from all over Pakistan are participating in the week long Championship. During the championship, a total of 24 events will be contested in Pistol, Rifle and Shotgun categories for Men, Women and Youth on different ...

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi won the best men’s player at the Best Fifa Football Awards in Milan as Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk missed out on the top prize. It is the sixth time Messi has been voted the world’s best, after wins in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015. The 32-year-old Argentine helped Barcelona win La Liga ...

LAHORE : Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh said the prime objective of upcoming month-long under-16 six-game coaching and training camps and Annual Sports Calendar activities is to prepare a pool of talented players. Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, in a statement on Monday said Sports Board Punjab is making every possible effort to trace fresh talented ...

ISLAMABAD:- The finals of National Junior Squash Championship for Boys & Girls-2019 were played at Mushaf Squash Complex Islamabad. Air Vice Marshal Aamir Masood, Deputy Chief of Air Staff (Training), who is also Senior Vice President of Pakistan Squash Federation was the chief guest on the occasion. A large number of squash enthusiasts and media representatives attended the ceremony. The ...

Two-time grand slam champion Naomi Osaka has now won two WTA titles this season. Naomi Osaka has hailed her first Pan Pacific Open title win in her hometown as “special” after defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets. Osaka, 21, who had finished runner-up on two previous occasions at the tournament, beat the Russian 6-2 6-3. The Osaka-born world number four ...

Worcestershire 145-9 (20 overs): Moeen 32, Wessels 31; Harmer 3-16 Essex 148-6 (20 overs): Bopara 36*, Westley 36; Moeen 2-22 Essex beat Worcestershire by four wickets Scorecard Essex captain Simon Harmer came in to play a cameo captain’s innings at the end to lead the Eagles to their first T20 title with a stunning final-ball victory over holders Worcestershire. Chasing ...